On Sunday Jan 9th, Al Urooba hosts Al Dhafra at Al-oruba Club Stadium in a clash of these two evenly matched UAE League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Al Urooba sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Al Wasl. Saleh struck first for Al Wasl in the 22nd minute on a feed from Ramiro, then Fabio Virginio de Lima added another in the 34th minute on a penalty shot In the end, Al Urooba couldn’t muster any offence and Al Wasl ran away with the shutout win. Al Urooba looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, Al Dhafra recorded a 1-1 draw against Al Nasr. Antonio Jose Pinheiro de Carvalho struck first for Al Nasr in the 17th minute on a feed from Saba, then Makhete Diop tied it up for Al Dhafra in the 24th minute earning them at least the one point. Al Dhafra looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Al-oruba Club Stadium, Al Urooba was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Said Obaid Juma Aal Abdulsalam struck first for Al Urooba in the 27th minute on a feed from Mohammed Al Jabri, then Eduwo Kingsley added another in the 37th minute In the end, Al Dhafra couldn’t muster any offence and Al Urooba ran away with the shutout win.
Al Dhafra’s most prolific scorer has been Makhete Diop. The Senegalese attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Both Eduwo Kingsley and Aal Abdulsalam have been the hottest scorers for Al Urooba in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each.